[O]n NBC’s “Meet the Press,” viewers got another opportunity to get to know Buck. Host David Gregory noted to the GOP challenger, “In a debate last month, you expressed your support for Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell [and] you alluded to ‘lifestyle choices.’ Do you believe being gay say choice?”

Buck replied, “I do.” Gregory followed up, asking, “Based on what?” After initially pretending not to understand the question, Buck added, “I guess you can choose who your partner is.”

Let’s pause to note that Buck, if elected, wouldn’t exactly be one of the towering intellects of the United States Senate.

Before moving on, Gregory pressed further, asking, “You don’t think it’s something that’s determined at birth?” Buck replied, “I think that birth has an influence over it, like alcoholism and some other things, but I think that basically you have a choice.” (Emphasis mine)

The hits just keep on comin’. Next time with Ken Buck: Abortion is like slavery. Oh right, Rick Santorum and Sam Brownback already have that one.

Last week, SB202 became law in Arkansas, officially banning the enactment of local anti-discrimination laws. After the measure passed both chambers of the state legislature, Governor Hutchison allowed the bill to become law without his signature.

SB202 is just another marker of the larger backlash facing LGBTQ people, which affects the most marginalized within our communities. Across the country, legislation has been introduced at the state level that attacks the rights of LGBTQ people through the banning of anti-discrimination laws and/or invoking the moniker of religious freedom to grant exemptions for discrimination. These bills have been discussed and/or introduced in the following states: Indiana, Arkansas, Michigan, Texas, Tennessee, and Georgia.

This list of states is ...

Last week, SB202 became law in Arkansas, officially banning the enactment of local anti-discrimination laws. After the measure passed both chambers of the state legislature, Governor Hutchison allowed the bill to become law without his signature.

Former NFLer Wade Davis and writer Darnell L. Moore want to change the narrative. More specifically, they want to change the narrative around black people and homophobia. The current narrative describes homophobia among black people as something unique, ubiquitous, and more pervasive than among other racial groups. And whether attributed to religion or other factors, it’s a narrative that has gained currency in our national debates, coming very close to blaming the entire problem of homophobia on black people who hate “the gays.”

Davis and Moore see things differently. They have witnessed first-hand loving affirmation of their identities by black family members and friends, and now they want the rest of us to witness it as ...

Former NFLer Wade Davis and writer Darnell L. Moore want to change the narrative. More specifically, they want to change the narrative around black people and homophobia. The current narrative describes homophobia ...

University of Chicago students took to Twitter last night, calling out widespread misogyny, Title IX violations, queerphobia, transphobia, racism (including these Halloween costumes), ableism, lack of mental health services, lack of support for low-income students — and institutional tolerance of it all.

The #LiabilityoftheMind hashtag, started by UChicago student Olivia Ortiz, quickly trended on Twitter in Chicago. (“Liability of the mind” plays on a common UChicago slogan, “Life of the mind.”) Says Ortiz, “As a student of color and sexual assault survivor on campus, I’ve constantly felt like a liability in the eyes of my university. Instead of condemning and disciplining the real liabilities (students and administrators who violate the law and further marginalize minorities on campus) the ...

University of Chicago students took to Twitter last night, calling out widespread misogyny, Title IX violations, queerphobia, transphobia, racism (including these Halloween costumes), ableism, lack of mental health services, lack of support for low-income students — ...